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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2011
Applicant:
Patrick T. Igoe, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Inventor:
Patrick T. Igoe, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Assignee:
Porto Vinci Ltd. Limited Liability Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04N 5/765 (2006.01); H04N 21/436 (2011.01); H04N 21/4363 (2011.01); H04N 21/4402 (2011.01); G10H 1/08 (2006.01); H04W 4/06 (2009.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 8/26 (2009.01); H04W 48/08 (2009.01); H04W 60/00 (2009.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 84/18 (2013.01); G10H 1/08 (2013.01); H04L 12/2809 (2013.01); H04N 5/765 (2013.01); H04N 21/43615 (2013.01); H04N 21/43637 (2013.01); H04N 21/440209 (2013.01); H04W 52/0258 (2013.01); H04L 2012/2841 (2013.01); H04W 4/06 (2013.01); H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04W 8/26 (2013.01); H04W 48/08 (2013.01); H04W 52/0254 (2013.01); H04W 60/00 (2013.01); Y02B 60/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
A wireless home entertainment hub (WHEB) to communicate with audio sink devices is disclosed. The WHEB may instruct the audio sink device to change volume of audio data provided to the audio sink device. The WHEB may also transmit instructions to the audio sink device to discontinue reception of the audio data from a first source device and begin reception of data from a second source device in response to activation of the second source device.